Recording Bass Quotes by Petra Haden

The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies, or sometimes…

— Petra Haden

My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack or develop…

— Petra Haden

I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story.

— Petra Haden

I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her…

— Petra Haden

I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.

— Petra Haden

I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.

— Petra Haden

Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening…

— Petra Haden

Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music…

— Petra Haden

I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics,…

— Petra Haden

I didn't know who Meredith Monk was, and I knew about Laurie Anderson but I didn't know her music that well.

— Petra Haden

I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts…

— Petra Haden

I thought about what I wanted to do besides playing violin and singing backup in a band. Don't get me wrong, playing and singing…

— Petra Haden